A LAND OF LAW OR LICENSE.

To the Editor of The New York Times: Is this a country of law or of unbridled license? A country where honest intent in civic and legislative bodies aim to create and maintain a high standard of citizenship, or a land where venality shall permeate all classes, individual and official, where ruffianism cows civic rule and mawkish sentimentality controls individual opinion and judicial action? View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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